I got the same comments from everyone when I started riding...mostly about how irresponsible it is when I am a dad to two little girls to do something so dangerous that could take me from them. I use the same logic as the rest of you that I could also walk out my front door and be hit by lightning, or run over by a bus, or slip on the ice and break my neck, or something along those lines. When it is your time to go it is your time...and a person should definitely be more afraid of not living life to the fullest instead of dying.